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Chesapeake Bay Environmental Finance Advisory Committee Options. Chesapeake Bay Program Management Board April 11, 2013. Background. On January 10, 2013, the Management Board approved development of a set of options for a finance advisory committee for consideration.
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Chesapeake Bay Environmental Finance Advisory CommitteeOptions Chesapeake Bay Program Management Board April 11, 2013
Background • On January 10, 2013, the Management Board approved development of a set of options for a finance advisory committee for consideration. • Efforts to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed demand significant investments to achieve success. Such investments require financial strategies, tools, coordination, and partnership. • The Chesapeake Bay Program sponsored environmental finance workshops and webinars in 2012 and 2013, but greater effort is needed to support Bay Program partners.
Option 1: Status • Constitute workgroup as part of existing organization such as EPA EFAB or GIT 6. • Establish advisory committee with standing equal to CAC, LGAC, or STAC. Option 2: Scope • Focus of new group should be on water quality. • Focus of new group should be all goals of the Chesapeake Bay Partnership.
Option 3: Scope • Focus of new group should be on either public financing or private financing. • Focus of new group should be on both public and private financing. • Focus of new group should be on both but place greater emphasis on one or the other. Option 4: Size • New group should be open to all potential members willing to serve. • New group should be limited in size.
Option 5: Credentials • Membership in new group should not be predicated on professional credentials and expertise. • Membership in new group should require demonstration of appropriate credentials and expertise. Half the membership should be from entities headquartered outside the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Option 6: Term • Duration of membership in new group should not be limited. • Duration of membership in new group should be limited to five years. • Terms should be staggered with a portion rotating off on a specific frequency.
Option 7: Operations • Work plan of new group should be based on issued raised by Chesapeake Bay Program partners. • Work plan of new group should be based on issued raised by members of the new group. • Work plan of new group should be based on issued raised by Chesapeake Bay Program partners and by members of the new group.
Budget Implications • Since FY 2009, CAC and LGAC have each received between $150,000 and $169,000 per year in Chesapeake Bay Program funds. During the same period, STAC has received between $303,000 and $401,000 per year. • We expect the new group to conduct much of its business via teleconference and video conference. • Due to the broad mandate of the new group, we expect its budget to be between $150,000 and $300,000.